Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-02
AFTERNOON SESSION.

he had known defendant only for few
weeks past. On being shown pistol wit
ness identified ii as one sold to Isaac
Stearn on the 10th of August last, who was
known to witness as the collector for the
Marysvile Democrat. The pistol was
loaded for him by witness. The weapon is
known as of the British Bulldog" pat
tern. No cross-examination.
Mrs. Robinson, the widow of deceased,
was next called to the stand. Witness
testified that her husband left home on the
morning of August 10th, to attend upon
the Grand Army ceremonies then in pro-
gress She was shown and identified the
vest taken from her husbands person on
the night of the homicide, showing bullet
hole Her husband spent the afternoon
at home decorating the house. Witness
was shown an extract from the Marysville
Democrat and asked where she had first
seen it, She said she first saw it at her
home some time before the homicide, it
having been received by her through the
mail, addressed to herself. She showed it
to her husband, who sat down and cried
| like child over it, He carried the slip in
his inside vest pocket, but when he was
brought home after being shot he did not
have it. having lost it. Her husband was q
Deputy United States Marshal.
On cross-examination witness said her
husbands duties were to serve papers on
| hydraulic miners.
Isaac Stearn was recalled for the purpose
of identifying q certain publication in the
Marysville Democrat of September 0, 1885.
| 1t read:
| Did the appeal or T. &. Robinson ever hear of
| the Omega mine ever paying anybody for the
| privilege of running2
| The entire article is quite lengthy, but
| the portion upon which the prosecution
based its objection was that above quoted.
| To the admission of these articles the
defense objected, and the objections were
overruled.
L. r. Waring called He was shown
| slip of newspaper and asked if he ever saw
| an article headed " Robinsons Answers"
| Witness recognized it as an article that APP
peared in the Marysville Democrat in No
vember, 1885,
The defense objected, and the objection
| was overruled.
The article, by implication, charged
Robinson with being in collision with
them to operate their mines
| Witness testified that in 1885 he was an
agent OF the Anti-Debris Association, and
was under the supervision of deceased.
Cross-examined-Did not preserve any
| copy of the article, and kept no memoran-
dun of it. Left the employ of the Anti
Debris Association about a year ago.
Since then have been chiefly engaged in
mining in Placer county. Was interested
in u gravel mine while in the employ Of
the Anti-Debris Association.
| At this juncture the prosecution an
nounced that, with the exception of recall
ing District Attorney Forbes for a brief
examination on one point, they had no
! further testimony 10 offer but that of one
person, young lady in Marysville. who
had been too i'll to attend Court, but who,
it had been learned, was then sufficiently
recovered to come and testify. An officer
had been sent for her. and if her health
permitted it she would be in Court the
| next morning.
| Witness Forbes having left the Court
room, and as the afternoon was well ad-
| vanced, the Court ordered an adjournment
until 10 o'clock this morning.